Popular Names in the United States

Information from the Social Security Administration. Different spellings of similar names are not combined.
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Boys · Girls
Boys
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Michael		 4.26% 0
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Christopher		 3.12% +4
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James		 2.81% -1
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David		 2.77% -1
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John		 2.58% -1
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Robert		 2.57% -1
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Jason		 2.24% +1
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Brian		 2.17% +1
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William		 1.82% -2
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Matthew		 1.37% +9
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Scott		 1.37% -1
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Joseph		 1.34% +3
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Kevin		 1.34% +1
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Richard		 1.33% -3
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Daniel		 1.32% +5
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Eric		 1.32% +2
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Jeffrey		 1.30% -5
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Mark		 1.28% -5
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Steven		 1.19% -3
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Thomas		 1.17% -3
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Timothy		 1.05% 0
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Anthony		 1.04% +1
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Charles		 1.01% -1
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Paul		 0.87% 0
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Chad		 0.80% +4
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Jennifer		 3.94% 0
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Michelle		 1.82% 0
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Lisa		 1.71% 0
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Kimberly		 1.63% 0
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Amy		 1.61% 0
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Angela		 1.46% 0
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Melissa		 1.40% 0
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Stephanie		 1.05% +3
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Heather		 1.01% +3
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Nicole		 0.98% +17
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Tammy		 0.88% -3
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Julie		 0.87% -2
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Mary		 0.85% -4
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Rebecca		 0.82% +9
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Elizabeth		 0.76% +4
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Christine		 0.74% +2
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Laura		 0.73% -1
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Tina		 0.71% +2
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Tracy		 0.71% -6
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Dawn		 0.70% -6
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Karen		 0.69% -6
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Shannon		 0.68% -1
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Kelly		 0.68% -1
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Susan		 0.66% -7
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Christina		 0.63% +5
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Cynthia		 0.63% -1
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Popularity extremes for the United States